NOTE: This short thing was inspired (or damned)
by Pennywhistle's sardonic comment on the Master_Apprentice list: "This (having
certain problems with a mailing list) is like watching the Titanic go down,
only this time it's because a few disgruntled passengers have been boring
holes underneath."

~Wednesday

The fan-fic author (pick an author, any author)
held out her hand, palm up. "Spit it out."

Obi-Wan chewed frantically for a few more seconds,
then spat the wad of pink bubble gum into the woman's hand.

"Well done, Padawan," said Qui-Gon Jinn, famed
(and infamous), handsome, sexy, tall, dark and deliriously delectable Jedi
Master, soulbonded and eternally aroused by his Padawan. Unfortunately, he
had so much gum in his mouth, it came out closer to "Wohl dun pa-uh- *choke*."

Ignoring the two Jedi--one of which was stuffing
new great gobs of bubble gum between his teeth and knowing he would need to
see the Temple dentist pronto when they got back to the Temple--the author
shoved the soggy, spit-laden, highly sticky, more-effective-than-your-average-towel
wad of gum into the nearest bored (and boring) hole in the hull of the HMS
Masterapprentice.

"There. That's one." She held out her hand to
Qui-Gon, narrowly missed swatting his luscious broken nose. "Spit it out."

"Nooo!" he said with much indignation. Splatting
the gum into the palm of his own hand, he glowered at the author before slapping
the slimy sealant across the next hole. Large fingers worked to clog up the
bothersome aperture.

Devastatingly adorable Obi-Wan of the perfectly
clefted chin, the illegal-in-three-galaxies "Damn, but I'm Good" walk,
forced more gum upon his hapless master, who opened his mouth and chewed with
solemn dignity.

"Two down, a few more to go!" the author crowed.
Was it her imagination, or was there a little less sloshing water in the hull
now? Were they a little more closer to going back to their comfy cabins, curling
up and outlining yet another 100-page story for their buddies on MA? She thought
they just might be. And the Jedi chewed on.

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